The 119th Commencement Exercises for the Class of 2018 will be held this Sunday, May 20th at 2:00 pm in Tom Falash Gymnasium. Ninety-nine seniors will receive their diplomas. We wish them all the very best. Below are several pictures of the graduates visiting Pioneer Elementary following their graduation practice Thursday morning.

The young meet the old...as the seniors exchange greetings with Pioneer's first graders.​

Long-time Ag Science Stuart Nesbitt set to retireStuart Nesbitt who has taught Ag Science to hundreds of kids at Weiser High School over 28 years is set to retire at the end of this school year. Stuart was feted at the annual district retirement dinner held at the Vendome recently. More than a hundred people showed up to honor, congratulate, and thank Stuart for his many years of service to the students of Weiser High School and the greater Weiser community. A fixture at the Washington County Fair each summer, Stuart has helped more than 145 Weiser students earn their State FFA Degree, and another 24 students earn their American Degree during their freshmen year in college. This year Stuart had more than 15 students earn their state degree, more than any other high school in Idaho. Always looking to improve his program, Stuart was an active grant writer winning awards to add drone technology, a plasma cutter, and three annual $10,000 Quality Program Incentive Awards from the Division of Career and Technical Education. But most importantly, Stuart was a great educator. He wanted every high school student in Weiser to have the opportunity to learn about agriculture in some way, whether it was Animal Science, Horticulture, Ag Business, Welding, and many other subjects. He built relationships with kids, their parents, and people with agricultural interests throughout the state. We will miss him. Thank you Stuart for making Weiser your home and part of your vocation.

Below is a picture of Stuart receiving his retirement plaque from Board of Trustee Chairman Cary Gibbs and Vice-Chair Marg Chipman.

Weiser High School Science Club members compete in the Science Olympiad

Sixteen WHS students competed in the 2018 Science Olympiad conducted on Saturday, April 7th at Boise State University. WHS was the only 3A school to compete. They competed with several other 4A (Bishop Kelly, Rigby, Twin Falls) and 5A schools (Capital, Mt.View) as well as homeschool students from around the Treasure Valley. Berke Walker and Abbey Shirts finished first in the Helicopters event, This was especially rewarding when a student from another school accidentally crushed the box that held their helicopter and Berke and Abbey had to repair and compete with a damaged entry in less than an hour. Berke had spent hours developing a helicopter design that stayed aloft for more than two minutes. The next closest entry flew 20 seconds. Colton Burr and Nathan Rasmussen also earned first place honors in the MouseTrap Cars event using mousetraps to power a vehicle to push a plastic cup several feet towards a target line and then reverse itself to a another target line behind the car's original starting point.

Colton Burr and Michael Brooks earned second place medals for developing a Hovercraft that lifted itself and several rolls of pennies and propelled itself down a track. MIkel Davies and Michael Brooks took second in the Thermodynamics competition, and Rein Laan and Esteban Rivera garnered a second place medal for their ability to answer Fermi Questions. Alex Vasquez and Lauren Saucedo finished third in that same event. There were two other third place finishers: Llanee Gibson and Damia Mosley in the Disease Detectives event; and Jaclyn Dunn and Carin Dustman-Hicks in Herpetology.

Weiser had teams finish fourth in seven other events. Congratulations to all the other entries and a special thanks to the Science Club Adviser Megan Overgaard for encouraging, sponsoring, and helping prepare the WHS contestants.

​Thank you Weiser!Superintendent Overgaard and the Weiser Board of Trustees would like to thank everyone who turned out to vote for the supplemental levy election held Tuesday, March 13th. Seventy six percent (76%) of those who turned out voted in favor of extending the current levy for another two years. Thank you for your support for the students and staff of our school district!​

Congratulations to Marg Chipman, the 2016-17 President of the Idaho School Boards Association (ISBA), and Kyla Dickerson, the 2017 Clerk of the Year

The Weiser Board of Trustees recently attended the annual ISBA Convention in Couer d'Alene, Idaho. Marg Chipman, the Weiser School Board Vice-Chair presided over the convention where she completed her term as the ISBA President. Marg's service to the state association was celebrated at the Awards Banquet where she was thanked by the ISBA Executive Board and celebrated by the more than 500 trustees who were in attendance from across the state. Marg has served as a Weiser trustee for 26 years and has been a strong advocate for our schools, our students, and our staff.

Kyla Dickerson, Weiser School District Clerk, was named the 2017 Clerk of the Year by the ISBA. There were numerous nominations from around the state for this prestigious award that recognizes the contributions of the district employee who is responsible for managing district funds, human resources, and works closely with the superintendent to make sure the district runs smoothly and efficiently. Kyla has worked for the school district for 24 years, the last 14 as board clerk. Kyla received letters of support from the Weiser Board of Trustees, Superintendent Overgaard, and all of the district principals. She even received letters of support from other board clerks and superintendents in the area who know her and her work. The district's financial auditor who audits the district's finances annually said of Kyla, "She does an excellent job of keeping track of the district's finances. She should be considered a "model" for other districts to follow".​

Kyla Dickersoon, Clerk of the Year and Marg Chipman ISBA President

Congratulations to Marie Thomas and Mikel Davies for being named Educator and Student of the Year by the Weiser Chamber of Commerce

Marie Thomas, a 28 year math teaching veteran in the Weiser School District, was named Educator of the Year by the Weiser Chamber of Commerce. She will be honored at the annual Chamber Community Awards Banquet Monday, October 16th. Marie is a "workhorse" when you consider that not only does she teach middle school math, but she also teaches at the Weiser Summer School, Indianhead Academy, and has worked on every district math committee ever assembled, she grades the ISAT math assessment for the State Department of Education, works in the afterschool BEST program, coaches, and and keeps stats for the high school football team. Marie recently completed her Masters degree in Math Education from Western Governors University and is engaged in a four year math research project (LLAMA) with the University of Idaho.

Mikel Davies is the son of High School Principal Dave Davies and Holly Davies, a 2nd grade teacher at Pioneer Elementary. Mikel is involved in countless school activities. He is a member of the Cross Country team and runs track in the spring. He is the current ASB Student Body Vice President and is a member of the Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA), Future Hispanic Leaders of America (FHLA), Science Club, Red Wave and W Club. He participates in the Jazz and Marching Bands and Chamber Singers, and he is active in his church. He is an amazing young man with high aspirations beyond his high school graduation next spring. Mikel will receive his award at the Chamber Community Awards Banquet Monday night.

We congratulate Marie and Mikel as well as the other nominees for Educator of the Year, Middle School Principal Tim Erhard and retired Superintendent Jim Reed; and the nominees for Student of the Year, senior Hannah Walker and freshman Kali Branstetter.

​Educators and students like these make us proud to be Wolverines!

WHS English Teacher, Michelle Chavez, is named The Idaho Human Rights Educator of the Year

Michelle Chavez was named Educator of the Year by the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights. The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, Home of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, grew out of a 1995 effort by a group of concerned individuals and civic/ business leaders to offset the negative image of Idaho as a place of intolerance and hatred. Over the past 20 years, the Center has become a respected nonpolitical institution whose primary mission is to promote respect for human dignity and diversity through education, and to foster individual responsibility to work for justice and peace. The Educator of the Year award is given annually by the center to an educator who shows passion for teaching their students about human rights.

MIchelle has taught English for the Weiser School District for 23 years. She is a 1987 graduate of WHS. Michelle created the Holocaust Literature course 14 years ago. Michelle says of her course, “Lessons from the Holocaust are a reminder to students that history repeats itself.” Through a grant awarded by the Wassmuth Center Chavez has seen the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, toured Berlin, Poland and Auschwitz. Besides the students in Weiser who sign up for her class, she teaches the class online to students in Melba, Murtaugh, and Payette.

Parts of this story are taken from an article originally written by Andrew Reed for Idahoednews.org

Michelle Chavez, Idaho Human Rights Educator of the Year is teaching one of her Holocaust classes.

The Great American EclipseAugust 21, 2017It came...we saw...it was AWESOME!

Watch the end of totality from the grounds of Weiser High School

Video is submitted without captioning subtitles. The video is a quick cut of total darkness of the Eclipse 2017

The Weiser School District staff sporting their eclipse glasses when they reported back to work (August 24, 2017)

2017/2018 Weiser School District Staff wearing their Eclipse Glasses and pointing toward the direction of where the Eclipse had taken place.

Weiser High School students participate in a national eclipse experiment

KIVI Channel 6 news story about the WHS CATE Experiment Team

Channel 6 provided the above video without closed captioning.

Above map showing the route of the total eclipse across Idaho.

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